From Izzy Edwards
I was absolutely shocked to see not just two, but five fully grown Barn Owls emerge from this tiny hole in the dirt. I have no idea how they all fit comfortably in there! Image taken well after sunset.
this post was submitted on 10 Mar 2025
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If you find an injured owl:
Note your exact location so the owl can be released back where it came from. Contact a licensed wildlife rehabilitation specialist to get correct advice and immediate assistance.
Minimize stress for the owl. If you can catch it, toss a towel or sweater over it and get it in a cardboard box or pet carrier. It should have room to be comfortable but not so much it can panic and injure itself. If you can’t catch it, keep people and animals away until help can come.
Do not give food or water! If you feed them the wrong thing or give them water improperly, you can accidentally kill them. It can also cause problems if they require anesthesia once help arrives, complicating procedures and costing valuable time.
If it is a baby owl, and it looks safe and uninjured, leave it be. Time on the ground is part of their growing up. They can fly to some extent and climb trees. If animals or people are nearby, put it up on a branch so it’s safe. If it’s injured, follow the above advice.
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This is a somewhat reversed owl joke.
The typical scenario is where there is something like a Great Horned Owl in a barn, and someone will inevitably say "that's a funny looking Barn Owl!"
The birds in the OP photo are Barn Owls, but they are in a more burrow-like nesting spot, so this is my "these are funny looking Burrowing Owls!".
Here are some Burrowing Owls and their burrows so you can see they are obviously nothing alike.
Facebook links are pretty necessary for me. I know you all hate it. All the rescues are on it though as it is free, easy to use anytime, anywhere, and reaches the most people at once, so that is where the bulk of animal content with stories will be coming from.
OP, I'll say horrible things about facebook all day, but you totally get a free pass. You're doing the Owl's work, as they (might) say.
It makes perfect sense why the groups do it. It's basically free advertising to the largest audience, and the algorithm will promote any cute animal, based on all the AI ones I get recommended. It helps get them money and attention, and sites like Flickr rarely give any backstory, so it's just my best option. I was going to delete my profile until I started doing this, so now it's over 100 animal groups on my list and like 20 friends, yet still at least half of the recs it gives me are politics stuff from both sides and AI spam. It's as bad as the ratio of ads to content back when people read magazines.